The Travancore-Cochin Interpretation and General Clauses (Amendment) Act, 1956

Act 8 of 1956

Keyword(s): General Clauses Act Amendment appended: 3 of 1957

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THE TRAVANCORE-COCHIN INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1956[1] (No. VIII of 1956) ENACTED BY THE PRESIDENT IN THE SEVENTH YEAR OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA An Act to amend the Travancore-Cochin Interpretation and General Clauses Act, 1125 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Travancore-Cochin State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1956 (29 of 1956), the President is pleased to enact as follows:1.Short title.-This Act may be called the Travancore-Cochin Interpretation and General Clauses (Amendment) Act, 1956. 2.Amendment of section 2.-In clause (3) of section 2 of the Travancore-Cochin Interpretation and General Clauses Act 1125 (VII of 1125) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for the words and a Proclamaton, the words a Proclamation and a Presidents Act shall be substituted. 3.Amendment of section 3.-For sub-section (1) of section 3 of the principal Act, the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:(1) Where any Act is not expressed to come into operation on a particular day, then it shall come into operation on the day on which the Act is first published in the Gazette after it receives the assent of the Rajpramukh or the President, as the case may be..

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THE TRAVANCORE-COCHIN INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1957[1] (3 OF 1957) Enacted by the President in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India. An ACT further to amend the Travancore-Cochin Interpretation and General Clauses Act, 1125. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Kerala State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1956 (75 of 1956), the President is pleased to enact as follows:1.Short title.-This Act may be called the Travancore-Cochin Interpretation and General Clauses (Amendment) Act, 1957. 2.Amendment of section 1.-In sub-section (1) of section 1 of the Travancore-Cochin Interpretation and General Clauses Act, 1125 (VII of 1125) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the word Travancore-Cochin shall be omitted. 3.Amendment of Section 2.-In section 2 of the principal Act,-(i)for clause (3), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:(3) Act shall mean a Proclamation or Act of Travancore or Cochin, an Act or Ordinance of Travancore - Cochin, an Act passed by the Legislature of the State of Kerala, an Ordinance promulgated by the Governor under Article 213 of the Constitution or, where with respect to the State of Travancore-Cochin or Kerala the power to make laws is vested in the President or other authority under sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of Article 357 of the Constitution, any law made in exercise of such power;; (ii)in clause (10), the words an Ordinance and a Proclamation shall be omitted; (iii)for clause (13), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:(13) Gazette or Kerala Government Gazette shall mean the Gazette published by or under the authority of the Government;; (iv)for clause (15), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-

(15) Government, the Government or State Government (a)as respects anything done before the commencement of the Constitution, shall mean the Government of Travancore or cochin or Travancore-Cochin as the case may be; (b)as respects anything done after the commencement of the Constitution and before the commencement of the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956, shall mean the Government of the State of Travancore-Cochin; and (c)as respects anything done or to be done after the commencement of the Constitution (7th Amendment) Act, 1956, shall mean the Government of the State of Kerala; and shall, in relation to functions entrusted under article 258A of the Constitution to the Government of India, include the Central Government acting within the scope of the authority given to it under that article;; v.clause (16) shall be omitted; vi.for clause (30), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:(30) registered, used with reference to a document, shall mean registered in India under the law for the time being in force for the registration of documents;. 4.Amendment of Section 3.-In section 3 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:(1) Where any Act is not expressed to come into operation on a particular day, then it shall come into operation on the day on which the Act is first published in the Gazette after it receives the assent of the Rajpramukh, the Governor or the President, as the case may be. Explanation:-This sub-section shall have effect (a) in relation to an Ordinance promulgated by the Governor, as if for the words after it receives the assent of the Rajpramukh, the Governor or the President , as the case may be , the words after it is promulgated by the Governor were substituted; and (b)in relation to a law made by the President or other authority in exercise of the power vested under sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 357 of the Constitution, as if for the words after it receives the assent of the Rajpramukh, the Governor or the President, as the case may be, the words after it is made by the President or other authority were substituted..

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